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Baby tracking, sleep and feeding notes.

Practical guides on newborn sleep, feeding rhythms, growth percentiles and reading your baby log, written plainly and kept short. New here? Start with the week-by-week guide to the first year.

A mother in a camel wool coat leaning in to pass her five month old, in a sage sleepsuit, to a grandmother in a rust cardigan with a mustard muslin over her shoulder, who sits on a linen sofa with a terracotta cushion in a sunny living room, a plain mug on the wooden table in front of them Both parents
Both parents · 4 min read

Going back to work: handing off the log.

What the person taking over during the day needs to know, what changes when feeds become bottles, and how to keep one record across two places.

November 2026→
A mother in an oatmeal jumper with a mustard muslin over her shoulder holding her four month old up under the arms by a sunny kitchen window, the baby in a sage sleepsuit looking up at her, a plant on the windowsill and a terracotta jug on the honey wood counter behind them Growth
Growth · 4 min read

Weighing day: how often, and what to ignore.

How often to weigh after the newborn weeks, why one reading means little, and which changes are worth a call.

October 2026→
A father in a rust jumper kneeling on a pale wooden living room floor, one hand on the tummy of his smiling five month old, who lies on a cream changing mat in an oatmeal vest, a mustard muslin beside the mat and a linen sofa with a terracotta cushion behind them Diapers
Diapers · 4 min read

Pee and poo: the boring data that catches problems early.

After the first weeks a diaper log becomes a baseline. What fewer wet diapers or a change in poo can tell you, and when to call.

October 2026→
A father in an oatmeal jumper leaning back in a honey wood armchair with his newborn asleep on his chest in a sage sleepsuit, a phone lying dark on the side table next to a plain mug, a mustard muslin over the chair arm Behind the app
Behind the app · 4 min read

What we chose not to build, and why.

Little Bean has a lot in it. These are the things we left out on purpose, from ads and schedules to a fever warning, and the reason for each.

October 2026→
A mother in a rust jumper sitting on a cream wool rug with her back against a linen sofa, her hand resting on one of her twin babies, who lie side by side on the rug in oatmeal and sage sleepsuits, a mustard muslin on the sofa beside her Practical
Practical · 5 min read

Tracking twins without losing your mind.

How to track feeds, sleep and diapers for twins without mixing them up: one log per baby, logging as you go, and comparing each twin with their own last week.

October 2026→
A father in a rust jumper and an unbuttoned wool coat sitting on a wooden hallway bench by the open front door, zipping his smiling six month old into an oatmeal padded suit, a canvas bag with a mustard muslin beside them Practical
Practical · 5 min read

A calmer daycare handover sheet.

What a daycare handover needs in the morning and at pickup, the four lines that matter both ways, and how to stop daycare hours becoming a hole in your log.

September 2026→
A mother sitting up in bed in early morning light holding her alert four month old baby upright on her lap, a mustard muslin on the duvet and a terracotta cushion behind her, the baby reaching for her face Sleep
Sleep · 5 min read

When sleep regresses: reading the dip in your log.

What the four month sleep regression looks like in a baby log, which numbers move, which ones do not, and how to tell a normal dip from something worth a call.

September 2026→
Two parents at a sunlit breakfast table, the mother holding their newborn against her shoulder with an ochre muslin over her arm, the father in a rust jumper turned toward them with a mug, a loaf of bread on a board between them Reading the log
Reading the log · 5 min read

What three weeks of data actually tells you.

Why a baby log says almost nothing in the first days and quite a lot by week three, which patterns show up first, and the one question worth asking it.

September 2026→
A father standing at a sunlit kitchen window feeding his newborn from a plain bottle, an ochre muslin over his shoulder and a small basil plant in a terracotta pot on the counter behind him Feeding
Feeding · 5 min read

Bottle or breast, logged the same way.

Why breast feeds and bottles end up in two different ledgers, what each one actually measures, and how to keep one feeding log whether you breastfeed, bottle feed or do both.

September 2026→
Two parents passing their newborn between them at night in a dimly lit bedroom, one standing in the doorway with an ochre muslin over their shoulder, the other sitting up in bed reaching out to take the baby Both parents
Both parents · 5 min read

The 3am handover.

Why two parents end up with two different versions of the same night, the three things that actually need to cross over at 3am, and why everything else should be written down instead.

September 2026→
A father sitting on a bench in a bare, sunlit waiting room holding his sleeping baby against his shoulder, a coat over the chair beside him and a bag on the floor Check-ups
Check-ups · 5 min read

Bringing your data to the check-up.

The questions a check-up always asks, the four answers worth having ready, and why a one-page summary beats handing anyone a spreadsheet.

August 2026→
A mother sitting on a pale linen sofa bottle-feeding her newborn, the baby's hand resting on the bottle and an ochre muslin over her shoulder Feeding
Feeding · 5 min read

Reading a feeding rhythm.

Why the average gap between feeds describes no hour you actually lived through, which two numbers do move over the weeks, and the few things worth writing down.

August 2026→
A dark green Little Bean blog card with faint parallel growth percentile curves and one terracotta line of plotted points running along its own lane, headline Growth percentiles are a curve, not a grade Growth
Growth · 6 min read

Growth percentiles are a curve, not a grade.

What the 25th percentile actually means, why the line across visits matters more than any single dot, and how noisy those measurements really are.

August 2026→
A mother in a nursery glider checking her phone while holding her sleeping swaddled newborn, with stacked diapers on the shelf behind her Diapers
Diapers · 6 min read

Diaper counts: what's normal in the first weeks.

Why the wet count climbs day by day, how to tell wet from damp, what the colours mean, and the few combinations worth a phone call.

August 2026→
A father checking the shared Little Bean log at night while his partner sleeps beside him and their newborn sleeps in a bassinet Both parents
Both parents · 6 min read

Splitting the night without a spreadsheet.

Split shifts or alternating nights, the four facts every handover needs, and why the shared note on the fridge stops getting filled in by week two.

July 2026→
Father reviewing his newborn's evening feeding pattern in the Little Bean app Feeding
Feeding · 6 min read

Cluster feeding, explained (and why it's normal).

Why your newborn wants to feed again twenty minutes after the last one, what the evening clump looks like in your log, and the few signs that are worth a call.

July 2026→
Parents comparing sleep charts in the Little Bean app beside their newborn's bassinet Sleep
Sleep · 5 min read

Nap or sleep stretch: which one actually matters.

Naps and the longest sleep stretch tell you different things. Which number to watch in your newborn's log, and which one is safe to relax about.

June 2026→
Mother cradling her sleeping newborn wrapped in a sage swaddle Reading the log
Reading the log · 6 min read

How to read your newborn's log in the first month.

The handful of patterns worth watching in the first weeks, feeds, diapers, sleep and weight, and the ones that are safe to ignore.

June 2026→
Wooden blocks and pebbles arranged as a bar chart with a rising trend line Compare
Compare · 8 min read

The best baby tracker apps in 2026, compared honestly.

Seven trackers, ranked by what each is actually best at: shared care, sleep prediction, price, simplicity and developmental leaps. Including where the others beat us.

June 2026→

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